Read Welcome to Hell :: Garden of Eden

"Koriru, you have to come today? We've a meeting with angels. Ralph doesn't help me at all. Says redemption is a joke. So he doesn't bother to help me." She appeared in Riru's carnival bar.

"Look, Feria, I don't wanna get entangled in your plan. Don't use my place for your data survey. It's my entertainment resource from my boring life," Riru replied.

"You look a little angry."

"I'll be super happy if a sinner asks me for the first time in life how they end up here and there when this system is already rigged."

"Oh, I see. Speaking of sinners, a sinner yesterday helped me from getting shots from sinners. I was bringing a woman to heaven in limbo. I think he can be redeemed."

Riru became annoyed. He sighed.

"Can't you do work hidden? That's why your wing was torned. If you're talking about Alastor, forget about him. He's a lost cause." He was saying it while touching Feria's wing.

"You were once in hell too. Did I ever give up on you?"

Riru looked at her. "Why are you so naive?"

"You win Fe. I'm going to the meeting. Today those morons gonna get enjoyment torturing my targets." He frowned.

He snapped his fingers. His jester outfit turned into a long white shirt; half of it was black. There was a double golden wing brooch pin chain on the collar. His wings were half black and half white.

"I think we should teleport. I don't wanna be a fool like you, Fe."

Both of them all of a sudden their current place changed. They weren't there. Sky was blue and white. There were several floating islands on the sky. Waterfalls were seen. Fruit trees were here and there. High end skyscrapers were there too.

A sweet melody was echoing through the sky.

"I thought you were a lone wolf, Koriru!"

The multi-eyed guy jumped into them in excitement.

Feria giggled, "I bought him. Or he'd not come."

"You never come when I ask you. It's not fair."

"How can we deny her, Mr. Ralph? You saw her eyes; it'll be full of wrath." Riru annoyingly laughed, staring at the sky.

Riru and Ralph both agreed with each other in this matter.

Feria pouted.

"No, I'm not."

Ralph said, "How nice she is! Always helping everyone. Even the sinners. Her heart bleeds for them. She doesn't get enjoyment like us killing and tormenting people. She wants to make everyone equal."

"That's her biggest weakness. She's so delusional. After birth no one is equal in life." Riru gruntled.

"I and she was born in heaven. Even so, I agree with you in this point. Here people say they were evil. It was all Eve and Lucifer's fault."

"What if everyone twisted their words? What if Lucifer were the kindest being of all? What if there's no God? What if angels are evil?" Riru enquired.

"Don't act like you know everything. I'm agreeing with you on one point, which doesn't mean that God doesn't exist. I am not going to answer any of your stupid questions. "You mere human killed your parents only for getting mentally unstable. They only took care of you even if you had Tourette's. Everyone rejected you. They were just forcing you to lead a life so you could have a good life. What you did?" Ralph yelled.

Riru shouted, "Like I ever asked for any of this in the first place? I never wanted to be born."

Feria shouted at them, "You two stop!! Why do you guys always start a fight?!"

"That idiot started."

"No, this bitch stared."

"I don't care."

A white long-sleeve-wearing guy killed a person in front of them. A driver was driving a truck full of guns.

Riru laughed like a lunatic seeing all of this. Feria and Ralph were startled.

They entered into a conference room after entering into a big white palace. There was a long table filled with angels. Seraphims, Cherubims, Thrones, Dominions, Virtues, Powers, Principalities, Archangels. Riru was yawning. Feria and Ralph was seeing themselves into mini mirror they had. They sat like interview meeting for jobs. Riru was putting one hand on his head, and the other hand was on the table.

"When it's gonna end, I fucking wanna die!!"

"Quiet idiot."

"Stay quiet, Koriru."

Ralph and Feria commanded.

"As all of you are in this big meeting. Welcome and cheers!"

All of them tossed their wine glasses.

Riru was just playing with his glass.

Seraphim stated, "It seems like our reign isn't spreading. Casualties from hell, people are growing lesser and lesser. Still all of us have to be cautious. Our dearest dominion Feria's wing was torn. If they started to riot or rebel against us then no one will have mercy on them, my people of the Garden of Eden."

Everyone looked at her pitifully.

"Everyone, attention please. We have to do everything in order to protect our people. Heaven's the most peaceful place people can ever imagine. All of you are saints and pure."

Riru raised his hand. "Objection, my lord. How can a pure person enter into hell, and some violent people were roaming into heaven?

Seraphim's eyes got widened with rage. As if it could kill anyone.

"I'm not answering a little idiot questioning divine justice. Just because divine mercy is on you so you could become a member of ours doesn't mean you have the right to question."

Everyone was staring at him.

Feria and Ralph tried to stop him.

"What if there's no God? All the systems are rigged. No one knows how to go to hell or heaven. No one knows how they become demons or angels. What if everyone wrote their own scriptures? No one knows if it's even true or not. What if Adam ate the apple with his own consciousness, with no Eve or Lucifer to be blamed? " Riru enquired staring at the soul of Seraphim.

Seraphim closed her eyes for a while and sighed.

Seraphim growled in anger, "Should I bind you with chains again when you came into heaven after burning in hell? Why act so rebellious like that first time? I thought you became tame. I was wrong. I'm banishing you from our meeting for 100 years again."

"Finally, what a relief! Thanks, Sera." He laughed. He pointed out victory with his fingers. Seraphim pretended she hadn't seen him.

He was trailing around floating islands. He picked an apple from the nearest tree and started to eat. He stumbled upon a lady. She was staring at the sky. Whose skin was a deep shade of russet and eyes were sparkling emeralds. She was in her 30s. Seeing her, he felt déjà vu.

So enquired her,"Do I know you?"

She gently said, "I don't think so. I see you're an angel. Can you tell me where my son is? I asked everyone; no one knows him."

Her eyes became a little teary.

It made him a little uneasy.

"Why are you searching for him, though? You're fine now. You can enjoy whatever you want here. You should forget him." He tried calm her down with these words.

He internally said to himself, "That was the person Feria was talking about. She's new."

She replied, "He was the only reason I was alive. He was a timid little child. But he was honest. He'd always picked flowers for me. Whenever someone hurted him he'd cry ran into searching me. I patted him. "There, there. Pain will go away." He never dared to hurt someone. But sadly I could not say goodbye to him. I had to hide him out so that his dad wouldn't beat him in rage for no reason. One day I was making his favorite food "Apple pie". His dad was drunk. He didn't want to eat it; in rage, he stabbed me."

"I see." He stared at her with his hollow eyes.

"You're such a nice mom. I'll search for him if you want him so badly."

That lady patted his head. It brought warmth to his hollow heart. He put down his hand.

"Ma'am, you don't have to do it. What's your name, and what was your son's name?"

"My name's Gabriella Harbart. My son's name is Alastor Harbart. I gave him this name as I liked Greek mythology a lot. I hope he could avenge what's wrong."

Riru's eyes got widened. He couldn't utter a single word. He was in such bewilderment. Any thoughts coming from his head stopped.

Feria came flying. She started shaking his body.

"Koriru, why are you standing still?" She worried.

"This handsome gentleman told me to help me search my beloved son."

Feria glanced at Riru.

Riru came back to his senses. "I'll try my best, Ms. Harbart."

"Feria, I'll be going. Take care of yourself."

He quickly walked away. He was walking in circles beside an apple's tree.

Someone eerily said, "Hello, my dear Koriru, whom I hate most."

He quickly tried to see who it was.

Then the shadowy figure appeared in full flesh. A red horn was on his black hair. Brown skin shade guy with a half black red eye and a half white red eye. He had messy wolf-cut hair.

Riru started sweating seeing him. He was frozen. Only the chirping of the birds could be heard.

"You're always like this. Hearing people's words pretend to care and fakely help people. You were like this with me in human life too. You won't feel good for it I'm telling you."

Riru was trembling.

He said in mellow voice, "I .. am so..rry, Stranger."

That stranger said staring at the sky, "You have no fault though in my demise. Now I'm wandering around world, heaven to hell. Even if I tried to kill myself you weren't the fucking reason I committed it. I've my own reasons too. You always tried to avoid me, I wanted to say it for a long time. It was like this in human life too. You already killed yourself before I could ever told you."

Riru tried to glance at him. He stopped. He noticed it became a shadow; it couldn't be seen anymore.

He flicked his finger.

It was his bar carnival. A big cat clown bought a bottle of scotch.

He gulped in a second.

He heard melodious jazz.

The lines were

"There will be no light to touch anymore

That little boy said to himself....

Now drowning in this hollow world called nothingness

His prayers wasn't answered

That's right, there's no God at all

Let's dance with corpses..